Writing is... an Equal Partner to Reading and,the vehicle through which a great deal of critical thinking, reading words, and reading assessment will occur.
Mission: "The new mission... is to get all students to meet high standards of education and to provide them with a lifelong education that does not have built -in obsolescence of so much old-style curriculum but that equips them to be lifelong learners."
- Michael Fullan, Peter Hill, and Carmel Crevola, Breakthrough
It's Your Turn CCSS refer to three types of writing and not as genres. This is because here are many different genres of writing within each type. Quick Write in your notebook all the genres you would put under these three types of writing:
CCSS Types of Writing
Genres within the Writing Type
Narrative Writing
personal narrative,
Persuasive/opinion/argument writing
petition,
Information adn Functional/procedural writing
how-to book,
CCSS and Writing Types CCSS and Narrative TextsWhen reading CCSS Narrative Standards, read with a trajectory in mind. Reading the expectations of each grade level standard as a stand alone will overwhelm a teacher and student. It is important to line up the expectations across grade levels to see how learning progression are formed. CCSS and Opinion/Argument TextsThree Ideas to Remember when studying the standards for CCSS Argument Writing
The progression of expectations for opinion and argument writing is steep
The K-5 Emphasis on opinion writing gives way to a 6-12 emphasis on argument writing ( which includes counterargument, sources, evidence, and logic)
Writing arguments eventually includes using and evaluating sources, and using analysis to power convincing arguments
CCSS and InformationalTextsInformational/explanatory writing includes a wide array of genres, including academic genres such as literary analysis, scientific and historical reports, summaries, and precise writings as well as forms of workplace and functional writing such as instructions, manuals, memos, reports, applications, and resumes.
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Common Core Standards
Writing is...
an Equal Partner to Reading and, the vehicle through which a great deal of critical thinking, reading words, and reading assessment will occur.
Mission: "The new mission... is to get all students to meet high standards of education and to provide them with a lifelong education that does not have built -in obsolescence of so much old-style curriculum but that equips them to be lifelong learners."
- Michael Fullan, Peter Hill, and Carmel Crevola, Breakthrough
CCSS 10 Writing StrandsK-12 CCSS Learning Progressions
It's Your Turn
CCSS refer to three types of writing and not as genres. This is because here are many different genres of writing within each type. Quick Write in your notebook all the genres you would put under these three types of writing:
CCSS and Writing Types
CCSS and Narrative TextsWhen reading CCSS Narrative Standards, read with a trajectory in mind. Reading the expectations of each grade level standard as a stand alone will overwhelm a teacher and student. It is important to line up the expectations across grade levels to see how learning progression are formed.
CCSS and Opinion/Argument TextsThree Ideas to Remember when studying the standards for CCSS Argument Writing
CCSS and InformationalTextsInformational/explanatory writing includes a wide array of genres, including academic genres such as literary analysis, scientific and historical reports, summaries, and precise writings as well as forms of workplace and functional writing such as instructions, manuals, memos, reports, applications, and resumes.